Example sentences of "hold on [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Baumrind ( 1982 ) , supporting Gilligan 's different voice hypothesis against what she sees as the traditionalism of the psychology of androgyny , holds on to the traditional framework of Jungian psychology in order to do this , and later ( 1986 ) , reinterprets the hypothesis in a humanist and spiritual framework , which is not differentiated by gender . |
| 2 | Even if Hanson holds on to the British end of the ARC operation , it still has a long list of ConsGold assets to offload including : |
| 3 | Note the tension produced by holding on to the passing note of A♯ in bars 12 and 16 , and the ‘ heavy ’ sound of the minor 3rd ( G natural ) against the E7 chord in bar 18 , anticipating the ♭7th of the A7 to follow . |
| 4 | She cried aloud in joyous elation , her body still on fire , holding on to the magical moment as long as she could . |
| 5 | That 's if the woman ever prays , Isabel reflected , holding on to the random thought to steady her shaky nerves . |
| 6 | Yet we must hold on to the basic idea that science discovers the truth of how the world works . |
| 7 | British Coal insists that is main aim is to hold on to the three-year contracts with the two electricity generators , which will be renegotiated in March next year . |
| 8 | A couple of miles down the road at London Irish they still want to hold on to the Irish connection , even if that leads to qualification by reading The Irish Times . |
| 9 | She tried to hold on to the heady rapture that was sweeping her along like a river in flood . |
| 10 | Ultimately , de Gaulle 's attempt to hold on to the symbolic status bestowed by 18 June and the war proved his undoing . |
| 11 | I was going on with it , all the bumps were okay but when I was actually inside the building again I hung on to GrandPat to get to the steps but my hand slipped so I was going round with the current so I tried to hold on to the orange thing that they had put there but I slipped off that and I kept on going round and the lifeguard gave erm me and somebody else a hoop and we both grabbed onto it |
| 12 | Against the implacable opposition of its lord , Aylesbury failed utterly to hold on to the corporate status granted it in 1554 . |
| 13 | ‘ The Renegades ’ from Dundalk certainly held on to the very end . |
| 14 | The longer that socialist parties held on to the old orthodoxies , the worse they have suffered . |
| 15 | But he would not let her , her stubborn sailor , he held on to her as the walls held on to the moving air within her house . |
| 16 | In the end , they held on for the vital points , having gained five in their last three games to ensure safety . |
| 17 | She held on to the far side of the desk , and moaned . |
| 18 | He held on to the other end , it went underneath him . |
| 19 | The miracle is that Britain held on to the bloody Empire for so long . |
| 20 | Apart from providing such basic info as the date that any hit reached pole position , the length of time it held on to the top spot and a full rundown on catalogue numbers , songwriters , producers etc , there 's also a full page of background on the history of the song and its performers . |
| 21 | She held on to the slim hope of the towel as a disguise . |
| 22 | Huy held on to the thin throat until the face above it turned blue and tears appeared . |